Telemakhos, the young prince from Ithaca, is often powerless before he sets out on his own journey. Barbaric men are abusing the hospitality of the royal family while they try to get his mother to marry them, there is gossip that he is a bastard child, and he is now a man in society with no proper royal role or prospect for marriage. His age is the stereotypical moment for identity crises and soul searching, but he has it worse off than any other kid because of the pressure from everyone else around him. Therefore, Telemakhos can do little but keep quiet at most points.
That made us decide to explore the realization and recognition scenes from when he DOES speak. What is going on in his mind that finally makes him decide to finally speak up? This included when he addressed the people of Ithaca on the troubles inside the royal castle, verbally sparring with Antinoos and when he spoke to Athena. Telemakhos is a character that has a lot to say, but very little opportunity to do so. If he could speak whenever he wanted, his place in society aside, what would he say? We believed he would express anger and love, faith and distrust, fear and determination and a range of emotions fitting for a character that is reserved most of the time but so articulate and intelligent when he does speak. Above all, we believed that Telemakhos is a lot stronger than anyone in Ithaca realizes, and wished to give him the respect and due credit he deserves.
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